Rules and Regulations
- Teams must review rules and declare they are understood before race begins. Questions and concerns must be addressed beforehand. Anyone caught breaking the rules are subject to penalties including disqualification.
- Team members must stay together within a reasonable range of visual and vocal contact at all times. No challenge can be performed without both members present and only one challenge can be performed at one time.
- Teams must travel only by foot or by regularly scheduled city transit bus. No cars, bicycles, taxis, skateboards, inline skates, airplanes, trains or teleportation or any other means explicit or implied allowed unless allowed for a specific challenge: in which case that transportation will be provided to you. If unsure of any other means, ask an official before you attempt to use it. Any violation is immediate grounds for disqualification.
- No tampering, removing or hiding posted clues. No planting of clues neither. All clues will be authenticated.
- Teams must have only 2 members, both 16 years or older. Participants under 18 must have written consent from a parent or guardian (on waiver form).
- All participants (contestants and volunteers) must sign a waiver relieving JCI Penticton and/or the Discovery Challenge Committee of any responsibility relating to personal injury or hardship. This is a volunteer run event and any participation is done solely at ones own risk.
- Participants must check in at the starting location between 9:00am and 9:30am; ready to race at 9:45am.
- Competitors must show respect for the public, volunteers, fellow competitors, transit drivers, security guards, and race organizers at all times. Race officials are available to settle any disputes at the time of the dispute and their rulings are final.
- Teams must obey the law at all times.
- When teams are finished the course requirements, they must return to the start/finish area to be declared the unofficial winner. The official winner will be announced at the awards ceremony after the course is closed.
- Teams must arrive at the start/finish before 4:00pm to qualify as completed.
- Consumption of alcohol or illegal drugs is grounds for immediate disqualification.
- If any teams finish together as a tie, there will be a draw to declare who finished sooner.
- Teams may use help with clues from anyone or by any means except from JCI Penticton members, race volunteers or sponsor staff or managers. Other teams, cell phones, Internet, bystanders, and lifelines are okay.
- Teams must wear their Discovery Challenge identifying bandanas at all times.
- After completion of a challenge, the teams must get an official OK from the challenge volunteer before moving to the next challenge.
- Teams will perform the challenges in the order that the teams arrived as determined by the challenge official.
- Discovery Challenge officials reserve the right to disqualify or penalize any team or team member if they are found to be or appear to be in violation of the official rules. The rules are meant to be general and therefore are subject to the interpretation of the Discovery Challenge officials.
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